almotamar.net - The Yemeni Liquefied Natural Gas Company on Tuesday said the actual operation of gas liquefying station presently under construction in Belhaf area, the governorate of Shabwa will begin by the end of 2008, denying the construction process to affected by Shabwa events that where a number of citizens and military men were the victims.
In a press conference the company's administration held in Sana'a Tuesday the company added that the proportion of work completed amounted to 74% and the first productive line will be finished by the end of 2008 and the first shipment of gas will be transported to Korea and the second productive line will be ready in the first quarter of 2009. It said the engineering modifications made on the installations in Mareb are expected tube completed the end of next December.
The company added that the 320km-long main pipeline from the gas fields in Mareb is expected to be completed at an early time of 2008 and then gas will flow to the station for operating the electric power.
The LNG project is presently providing more than 7000 jobs and will provide 600 permanent jobs during its operation and 225 persons will be trained in Malaysia and India in the field of sea navigation in addition to 15 persons to be trained in Mareb and Shabwa to occupy administrative posts.
The volume of the government investment in the project amounts to $ 3.7 billion and expected that the project's revenues in 20 years to amount to $ 30-50 billion. This will give Yemen an economic impetus to contribute to acceleration the rate of economic growth as the biggest investment project in Yemen.
The United Arab Emirates acknowledged on Tuesday that two of its pilots were killed when their military aggression plane crashed over Jawf province, a military official said
The official added that the aggressive crashed plane was an apache that was
Artillery of the army and popular shelled a gathering of Saudi-paid mercenaries in al-Moqadra area in Serwah district of Marib province, a military official said on Tuesday.
Meanwhile, dozens of Saudi-paid mercenaries were killed and others injured in Wadi al-Theek in the district, the official added.
The army and popular forces carried out on Monday unique military operations in Taiz province.
A military official said that a number of Saudi-paid mercenaries were killed at the hands of the army and popular forces in al-Jazami Hill in al-Kadaha area in al-Ma'afer district.
A Saudi aggression fighter jet targeted a citizen's car driving in Fara area of Kutaf district in Saada province overnight, killing the driver and injuring his friend, a security official said on Monday.
The army artillery and popular committees launched a fierce attack on Saudi-paid mercenaries' sites in Jawf province, a military official said on Monday.
The attack destroyed a military vehicle belonging to the mercenaries and killed all on board in Sabran area in khab and shaaf district.
Scores of Saudi enemy soldiers were killed and injured on Sunday when the army and popular forces repelled a Saudi military attempt to sneak into Shurfah site in the border province of Najran, a military official said.
The operation was accomplished successfully against the Saudi
The army and popular committees have killed a total of 18 Saudi-paid mercenaries in sniper operations over the past hours in the central province of Marib, a military official said on Sunday.
Ten mercenaries were killed in Nehm district and eight others were killed in Serwah district, said the official.
Saudi aggression warplanes have launched more than 49 airstrikes over the past hours on several residential areas across Yemen, a security official said on Sunday.
The airstrikes targeted the areas of Malahiz and Husama in Dhahir district, and areas Thuban, Masahif and Sdad in Bakim district of northern Saada province.
Belhaf LNG project would provide Yemen with billions
